It's Election Day across America and I hope you are getting out there and getting your vote on before the polls close. I voted, for me of course. I figure I am the best choice. And if you vote for me, I promise there will be more NBA basketball and more games played on aircraft carriers and on the lawn of the White House. I also promise free pudding on Mondays. This should get me the vote. I hope.

Regardless, tonight, we pick our leader for the next four years and that's a pretty cool thing.

The Oklahoma City Thunder ended up losing one of their incumbents to a neighboring state last week when they could not decide if he was ready to lead a team. Houston, on the other hand, loved Harden's policies on franchise expansion and knew he was the leader of men. It seems Harden was a little disappointed the Thunder didn’t give him a lot of time to decide his future with the team and he stopped by Yahoo! Sports to talk about it.

Many people have questioned the Thunder's decision to let Harden go, critically after the teams slightly-slow start and Harden's explosion as a first option for the Rockets. One of the main questions is why would they do this and not instead offer Harden as much as possible and amnesty Perkins or someone else to get it done?

J.A. Adande and Israel Gutierrez are doing an interesting column over at ESPN all year called West Side | East Side. This week, they focus on the Lakers offense and how exactly it has affected the team.

That's it for the Passes tonight my friends. Don't want you to accuse me of keeping you from voting. Remember, vote for me, free pudding on Mondays. That's it. Enjoy tonight's competitions in all arenas and I will see you here tomorrow no matter what happens. Until then, have a good one!